The once towering ice sheets of Greenland are fast eroding, ringing the danger bells all around. The fear of a tragic sea-level rise is also round the corner. Is it the beginning of scramble for space on earth and around water bodies?
The once…
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The picture is worth a thousand words. Very sad thousand words. This picture tells the story of hapless polar bears clinging on to whatever is left of their home. As global warming maintains steady escalation, evidenced by the rise in Arctic…
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The gargantuan hairy-tasked mammoths — once roamed on the face of the earth — hold a close relation to our modern day elephants. The mammoths were the last known giant creatures that lived on earth. These creatures were present even…
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While the rising temperatures and their consequences are increasingly getting worrisome across the world, the British weather experts have a good news for this year that would definitely chill down our nerves. They have predicted 2008 to experience a.
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The skyrocketing price of oil is a curse as well as a blessing for the environment. Lets first look at the disadvantages, and save the best for last. What is now 100-dollar-a-barrel oil, used to be available for 50 dollars back in 2001. The increase..
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A recent study has revealed that with the consistent rise in the world temperature on account of Global Warming, the capacity of trees and forests to absorb the harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is reducing at an alarming rate!
This study…
Increasing global warming decreases forests’ CO2-absorption capacity! Read More »
With the Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in China’s capital Beijing this year, the hosts have started taking measures to ensure a smooth event. However, the gravest problem that Beijing seems to be facing is the extreme levels of pollution…
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With a steadily increasing number of organizations taking up projects to promote the use of solar energy, the sun-generated energy could supply 69 percent of US power by 2050. Nope, that’s not wishful thinking. Experts are positive that this is…
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As per reports issued in the online publication of Current Biology, which is a publication of Cell Press, the future of the oceans stand endangered due to the loss of deep-sea species. As per a study, done globally the health of a deep sea in directly..
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According to a new research by an NGO, named Health Systems Trust, the progress in the orthodox medicine industry in South Africa is being thwarted by a decline in growth of medicinal plants. The study which was published this month, also deduced…
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